Reversible Headband!

Raise your  hand if you have a big ol' Irish head?! ME! I cannot wear headbands at all.  I wanted to be cool a few years ago and wear the Under Armour elastic headbands when I went to the gym or when I had my hair in a ponytail and they just didn't stay on my head.  In my blog stalking I have seen a lot of headbands but I just don't think I can pull off the whole headband with huge flowers on it.

So I decided to try and make this braided headband and it came out OK but I wasn't in love. (I did cut apart and Under Armour headband to use for the elastic!) So then I decided I would make my own, reversible headband and I did and it came out very perfect for me and my big head!

You need:
- two pieces of different patterned material cut 2 1/2 inches by 20 inches
- 5 inch piece of elastic

1. Sew the two pieces of material with right sides together on the long ends only and start about a half inch down on the long side and stop half of an inch before you reach the end.

2. Turn your strip so the right sides are facing out.

3. Place the elastic about an inch into one of the open ends of the strip. Fold the material down into the inside the strip and then sew in place.

4. Top stitch around the entire headband with about a 1/4 or smaller seam allowance. Do not top stitch the open end of the strip.  Since one side of my headband was black and the other a whitish I put black thread in the top of the machine and white thread in the bottom and stitched with the black material facing up. I am not sure if that is common practice but it made sense to me!

5. Wrap the headband around your head and figure out how much give you need in your elastic to make the headband stay on your head...I needed two inches.

6. Place the other end of the elastic into the open end of the strip until you have the length of elastic showing that you need for stretching (two inches for me).

6. Turn the ends of the strip in and sew.